An Israeli soldier is expected to be charged with manslaughter for the deaths of two people in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead.
If the case goes ahead this will be the third time a soldier has gone on trial for offences during the January 2009 incursion.
IDF investigators have said they suspeect that the soldier, from the Givati regiment, broke Israel’s rules of engagement in firing at two Palestinian women.
A 35-year-old woman and her mother were killed as a result of the shooting, which was mentioned in the UN’s Goldstone report.
